英語(yǔ)短篇小說(shuō)選讀-O-Henry-歐亨利課件

O.HenryO.HenryⅠ.ABriefIntroductionⅡ.LifeⅢ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleⅣ.Plot--ARetrievedReformationⅠ.ABriefBorn

WilliamSidneyPorter

September11,1862

Greensboro,NorthCarolinaDied

June5,1910

(aged

47)

NewYorkCityName

WilliamSydneyPorterPenName

O.Henry,OlivierHenry,OliverHenryOccupationWriterNationality

AmericanⅠ.ABRIEFINTRODUCTIONBornWilliamSidneyPorter

SepInfluence"ThefatherofthemodernAmericanshortstory”Americanlifehumorencyclopedia

美國(guó)生活的幽默百科全書(shū)ShortprosewriterlaureateasManhattan曼哈頓桂冠散文作家Influence"ThefatherofthemoThethreeshortstorywritersoftheworldGuy·de·Maupassant居伊·德·莫泊桑Antonchekhov契訶夫

O.Henry

歐亨利

Thethreeshortstorywriters--themostpopularandwidelyknownAmericanshortstorywriterofthetwentiethcentury.--Thehighlyironic,sentimentalorunexpectedstoryconclusionhasbeencloselyidentifiedwithO.Henrysothathisnamehasbecomesynonymouswiththefictionofthiskind.--HewascommonlyregardedasmodernAmericanmasteroftheshortstoryform.Hisworkswereconsideredasmodelsofgenreandhisshortstorytechniquesweretaughtincollegewritingcourse.--O.Henry’sMemorialAwardPrize--themostpopularandwidelyⅡ.LIFE--Hewasbornin1862inNorthCarolina,wherehespenthischildhood.--Whenhewaseighteenyearsoldbecauseofhisbody,hewenttoTexas.--In1887hemarriedAtholEstesRoach,theyhadonedaughterandoneson.--Inearly1898hewasfoundguiltyofembezzlement(挪用)chargesandsentencedtofiveyearsinanOhioprison.Ⅱ.LIFE--Hewasbornin1862英語(yǔ)短篇小說(shuō)選讀-O-Henry-歐亨利課件--Afterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.--HemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereoverthenexttenyearsbeforehisdeathin1910,hepublishedover300storiesandgainedworldwideacclaimasAmericanfavoriteshortstorywriter.--HediedonJune5,1910inNewYorkCityattheageoffortyseven.--AfterdoingthreeyearsofⅢ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleO.Henry'sstoriesarefamousfortheirsurpriseendings,tothepointthatsuchanendingisoftenreferredtoasan"O.Henryending."HewascalledtheAmericananswertoGuydeMaupassant.Bothauthorswrotetwistendings,butO.Henrystoriesweremuchmoreplayful.Hisstoriesarealsowellknownforwittynarration.MostofO.Henry'sstoriesaresetinhisowntime,theearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCityanddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses.Ⅲ.MajorWorksandWritingStyMajorWorksCabbagesandKings白菜與國(guó)王TheRomanceofaBusyBroker

證券經(jīng)紀(jì)人的浪漫故事TheGiftofMagi麥琪的禮物TheLastLeaf最后一片葉子ACosmopoliteinaCafé咖啡館里的世界公民MammonandtheArcher財(cái)神和愛(ài)神TheRansomofRedChief紅色酋長(zhǎng)的救贖TheFurnishedRoom帶家具出租的房間TheCopandtheAnthem警察和贊美詩(shī)ARetrievedReformation重新做人MajorWorksCabbagesandKingsTheGiftofMagiIt’sabouttheyoungcouplewhoareshortofmoneybutdesperatelywanttobuyeachotherChristmasgifts.UnbeknownsttoJim,Dellasellshermostvaluablepossession,herbeautifulhair,inordertobuyaplatinumfobchainforJim'swatch;whileunbeknownsttoDella,Jimsellshisownmostvaluablepossession,hiswatch,tobuyjeweledcombsforDella'shair.TheGiftofMagiIt’sabouttheTheRansomofRedChiefTwomenkidnapaboyoften.Theboyturnsouttobesodisgustingthatthedesperatemenultimatelypaytheboy'sfather$250totakehimback.TheRansomofRedChiefTwomeTheCopandtheAnthemIt’saboutaNewYorkCityhobonamedSoapy,whosetsouttogetarrestedsohecanavoidsleepinginthecoldwinterasaguestofthecityjail.Despiteeffortsatpettytheft,disorderlyconduct,and"mashing"withayoungprostitute,Soapyfailstodrawtheattentionofthepolice.Disconsolate,hepausesinfrontofachurch,whereanorganantheminspireshimtocleanuphislife—andisironicallychargedforloiteringandsentencedtothreemonthsinprison.TheCopandtheAnthemIt’saboTheLastLeafTheYoung,poorpainterJohnsycontractedpneumonia,Suemakeeveryefforttotakecareofher,butshestilldidnotimprove.Johnsywouldgiveupcompletelywhenthelastleaffelltotheground.Inordertosaveher,AnotheroldartistBehrmanclimbedthewalltopainttheivyleaveinrainynight,whichhecontractedpneumoniaanddiedtwodayslater.Johnsysurvived,thelastonewaspaintedbyBehrman,becamehisfinalmasterpiece.TheLastLeafTheYoung,poorpO.Henry'sWritingStyle?Amasterofsurpriseendings,whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity.?TypicalforO.Henry'sstoriesisatwistofplotwhichturnsonanironicorcoincidentalcircumstance.?Inhisworks,O.HenrypresentsthepanoramaoftheAmericanpeopletoreaderswithironicandhumoroustone.TearfulSmile&SmilesFullofTearsO.Henry'sWritingStyle?AmasTheMainThemeofO.Henry’sWorkHumanity,astheeternalthemeofO.Henry'sworks,endowshisworkswithperpetualartisticcharm.TheMainThemeofO.Henry’sWoHumanVirtues?Hepraisesthehumanvirtues.Theyarekind,brave,honest,hard-working,polite,thrifty,generous,andhospitableandsoon.?Theysacrificetheirownhappinessevenlifefortheloftyloveandfriendship;theyhelpotherswithoutaskingforrewardsandregarditasapleasure;theygiveuptheirowntreasureandchancetoothersetc.HumanVirtues?HepraisesthehHumanEvils?Humanbeingshavemanydefects,too.Sometimestheyarelazy,officious,vain,arrogant,shameless,cowardly,etc?Byexposingthehumandefectsandthedarksidesoftheworld,O.Henrywantstoawakenpeople’sconscienceanddeepestdesireforallgoodthings,peoplecanusetheireffortstosaveandcleansethewholeworld.HumanEvils?HumanbeingshaveⅣ.Plot--ARetrievedReformationPlotistheliteraryelementthatdescribesthestructureofthestory.Itshowsthearrangementofeventsandactionswithinastory.Plothastwobasictypes:conflictplotandepiphanyplot.Ⅳ.Plot--ARetrievedReformatiFivestagesofplot:exposition,complication,crisis,fallingactionandresolution.expositioncomplicationcrisisfallingactionresolutionFivestagesofplot:expositioConflictplotTheplotrevolvesaroundconflict.Thestoryusuallybeginswiththe“exposition”-passageswhichgivethereadersbasicinformationaboutwhothecharactersare,wheretheyareandwhattheyaredoing.Conflictriseswhentheprotagonistencountersmoreandmoreobstaclesinpursuitofhisorhergoal.ConflictplotTheplotrevolvesTheconflictisintensifiedthroughaphaseofrisingactionuntilaclimaxoccurs,apointatwhichtheprotagonisthaseitherachievedorfailedtoachieveagoal.Theclimaxisfrequentlyfollowedbya“denouement”whichnarratestheconsequencesoftheclimax:howthecharactersrespondtothesuccessorfailureoftheprotagonist.TheconflictisintensifiedthEpiphanyplotAlltheactionsaredirectedtowardanepiphany-anintuitionoftruthrevealedatorneartheendofthestory.Somethinghappenedtohim,asaresult,weareledtoaninsighteitherabouthimoraboutlifeingeneral.Q.Whetherdoesthearrangementenhanceordetractfromthemeaning?EpiphanyplotAlltheactionsARetrievedReformation重新做人ARetrievedReformation-THEEND--THEEND-O.HenryO.HenryⅠ.ABriefIntroductionⅡ.LifeⅢ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleⅣ.Plot--ARetrievedReformationⅠ.ABriefBorn

WilliamSidneyPorter

September11,1862

Greensboro,NorthCarolinaDied

June5,1910

(aged

47)

NewYorkCityName

WilliamSydneyPorterPenName

O.Henry,OlivierHenry,OliverHenryOccupationWriterNationality

AmericanⅠ.ABRIEFINTRODUCTIONBornWilliamSidneyPorter

SepInfluence"ThefatherofthemodernAmericanshortstory”Americanlifehumorencyclopedia

美國(guó)生活的幽默百科全書(shū)ShortprosewriterlaureateasManhattan曼哈頓桂冠散文作家Influence"ThefatherofthemoThethreeshortstorywritersoftheworldGuy·de·Maupassant居伊·德·莫泊桑Antonchekhov契訶夫

O.Henry

歐亨利

Thethreeshortstorywriters--themostpopularandwidelyknownAmericanshortstorywriterofthetwentiethcentury.--Thehighlyironic,sentimentalorunexpectedstoryconclusionhasbeencloselyidentifiedwithO.Henrysothathisnamehasbecomesynonymouswiththefictionofthiskind.--HewascommonlyregardedasmodernAmericanmasteroftheshortstoryform.Hisworkswereconsideredasmodelsofgenreandhisshortstorytechniquesweretaughtincollegewritingcourse.--O.Henry’sMemorialAwardPrize--themostpopularandwidelyⅡ.LIFE--Hewasbornin1862inNorthCarolina,wherehespenthischildhood.--Whenhewaseighteenyearsoldbecauseofhisbody,hewenttoTexas.--In1887hemarriedAtholEstesRoach,theyhadonedaughterandoneson.--Inearly1898hewasfoundguiltyofembezzlement(挪用)chargesandsentencedtofiveyearsinanOhioprison.Ⅱ.LIFE--Hewasbornin1862英語(yǔ)短篇小說(shuō)選讀-O-Henry-歐亨利課件--Afterdoingthreeyearsofthefiveyearssentence,Porteremergedfromtheprisonin1901andchangedhisnametoO.Henry.--HemovedtoNewYorkCity,whereoverthenexttenyearsbeforehisdeathin1910,hepublishedover300storiesandgainedworldwideacclaimasAmericanfavoriteshortstorywriter.--HediedonJune5,1910inNewYorkCityattheageoffortyseven.--AfterdoingthreeyearsofⅢ.MajorWorksandWritingStyleO.Henry'sstoriesarefamousfortheirsurpriseendings,tothepointthatsuchanendingisoftenreferredtoasan"O.Henryending."HewascalledtheAmericananswertoGuydeMaupassant.Bothauthorswrotetwistendings,butO.Henrystoriesweremuchmoreplayful.Hisstoriesarealsowellknownforwittynarration.MostofO.Henry'sstoriesaresetinhisowntime,theearlyyearsofthe20thcentury.ManytakeplaceinNewYorkCityanddealforthemostpartwithordinarypeople:clerks,policemen,waitresses.Ⅲ.MajorWorksandWritingStyMajorWorksCabbagesandKings白菜與國(guó)王TheRomanceofaBusyBroker

證券經(jīng)紀(jì)人的浪漫故事TheGiftofMagi麥琪的禮物TheLastLeaf最后一片葉子ACosmopoliteinaCafé咖啡館里的世界公民MammonandtheArcher財(cái)神和愛(ài)神TheRansomofRedChief紅色酋長(zhǎng)的救贖TheFurnishedRoom帶家具出租的房間TheCopandtheAnthem警察和贊美詩(shī)ARetrievedReformation重新做人MajorWorksCabbagesandKingsTheGiftofMagiIt’sabouttheyoungcouplewhoareshortofmoneybutdesperatelywanttobuyeachotherChristmasgifts.UnbeknownsttoJim,Dellasellshermostvaluablepossession,herbeautifulhair,inordertobuyaplatinumfobchainforJim'swatch;whileunbeknownsttoDella,Jimsellshisownmostvaluablepossession,hiswatch,tobuyjeweledcombsforDella'shair.TheGiftofMagiIt’sabouttheTheRansomofRedChiefTwomenkidnapaboyoften.Theboyturnsouttobesodisgustingthatthedesperatemenultimatelypaytheboy'sfather$250totakehimback.TheRansomofRedChiefTwomeTheCopandtheAnthemIt’saboutaNewYorkCityhobonamedSoapy,whosetsouttogetarrestedsohecanavoidsleepinginthecoldwinterasaguestofthecityjail.Despiteeffortsatpettytheft,disorderlyconduct,and"mashing"withayoungprostitute,Soapyfailstodrawtheattentionofthepolice.Disconsolate,hepausesinfrontofachurch,whereanorganantheminspireshimtocleanuphislife—andisironicallychargedforloiteringandsentencedtothreemonthsinprison.TheCopandtheAnthemIt’saboTheLastLeafTheYoung,poorpainterJohnsycontractedpneumonia,Suemakeeveryefforttotakecareofher,butshestilldidnotimprove.Johnsywouldgiveupcompletelywhenthelastleaffelltotheground.Inordertosaveher,AnotheroldartistBehrmanclimbedthewalltopainttheivyleaveinrainynight,whichhecontractedpneumoniaanddiedtwodayslater.Johnsysurvived,thelastonewaspaintedbyBehrman,becamehisfinalmasterpiece.TheLastLeafTheYoung,poorpO.Henry'sWritingStyle?Amasterofsurpriseendings,whowroteaboutthelifeofordinarypeopleinNewYorkCity.?TypicalforO.Henry'sstoriesisatwistofplotwhichturnsonanironicorcoincidentalcircumstance.?Inhisworks,O.HenrypresentsthepanoramaoftheAmericanpeopletoreaderswithironicandhumoroustone.TearfulSmile&SmilesFullofTearsO.Henry'sWritingStyle?AmasTheMainThemeofO.Henry’sWorkHumanity,astheeternalthemeofO.Henry'sworks,endowshisworkswithperpetualartisticcharm.TheMainThemeofO.Henry’sWoHumanVirtues?Hepraisesthehumanvirtues.Theyarekind,brave,honest,hard-working,polite,thrifty,generous,andhospitableandsoon.?Theysacrificetheirownhappinessevenlifefortheloftyloveandfriendship;theyhelpotherswithoutaskingforrewardsandregarditasapleasure;theygiveuptheirowntreasureandchancetoothersetc.HumanVirtues?HepraisesthehHumanEvils?Humanbeingshavemanydefects,too.Sometimestheyarelazy,officious,vain,arrogant,shameless,cowardly,etc?Byexposingthehumandefectsandthedarksidesoftheworld,O.Henrywantstoawakenpeople’sconscienceanddeepestdesireforallgoodthings,peoplecanusetheireffortstosaveandcleansethewholeworld.HumanEvils?HumanbeingshaveⅣ.Plot--